Category: Asia
Kazakhstan Looks to India, Iran for Access to the World’s Oceans
Sino-Nepalese Relations: Handshake Across the Himalayas
China and the Quiet Kingdom: An Assessment of China-Oman Relations
Winning the War on Polio in Pakistan
China and Legacy of Deng Xiaoping: Debt, Social Reforms and Next Stage needed for CCP
Russian Federation should be a Pivotal Nation for Japan: Energy, Geopolitics and US Failure
China’s Ethnic Policy Under Xi Jinping
Parliamentary Elections Confirm Kyrgyzstan’s Pro-Russian Orientation
China and Russia Multiply Efforts in Global Agenda-Setting
The New Baku International Seaport: A Nexus for the New Silk Road
Women Also Kill For Honor: Phyllis Chesler Study
Islamist Killers of Secular Writers in Bangladesh now Threaten Global Murder: ISIS and Islamist Inquisition
Japanese Art and Impact of the Middle Kingdom (China): Shubun Inspired by Xia Gui and Ma Yuan
Myanmar’s Peace Process: A Nationwide Ceasefire Remains Elusive
Japan and Vietnam Strengthen Relations: China and South China Sea (East Sea)
Indonesia’s New Counter-Terrorism Challenges
Nepal: Conflict Alert
Mongolia’s Place in China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’
Japanese Nikkei 225 Nosedives on Economic Uncertainty from China
India Faces Up to Growing Islamic State Threat
Sri Lanka Between Elections
Tianjin Death Toll Reaches 104: Government of China and Rampant Capitalism
Bangladesh Islamists Slaughter Another Secular Writer
PM Abe and a New Confident Japan: Realistic Approach to Geopolitics
Art of Japan and Bunjin Ideas in the Edo Period: Richness of China, Japan and Korea
Japan and Military Normalization: Real Issue is Regional Relations and Utilizing Russia
Southern Thailand: Dialogue in Doubt
Russian Federation is Far From Isolated: Hosting of BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization
China and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Japan Outfoxing Itself to Appease America
Taliban Seeks Better Relations with Surging Islamic State in Afghanistan
Heatwave Kills 700 in Pakistan Amid Power Cuts and Government Inaction
North Korea: Beyond the Six-Party Talks
South Korea MERS Crisis Witnesses Another Death but WHO Issues Positive Statements
Jihadists are Useful Lackeys Serving the Interests of Gulf Powers and Pakistan
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Try to Mitigate Water Disputes
Al-Qaeda-Aligned Central Asian Militants in Syria Separate from Islamic State-Aligned IMU in Afghanistan
Takfiri Islamists Slaughter Ismaili Shia Muslims in Pakistan: Barbaric Bus Attack
Islamists Hack Another Secular Writer to Death in Bangladesh
Stirring up the South China Sea (III): A Fleeting Opportunity for Calm
Afghanistan in Army Offensive in Kunduz: US, Taliban, ISIS, and usual Chechen and Turkish Jihadists
Japanese Art, Buddhism and Influence of China in 15th Century Japan: Tensho Shubun
Russia’s Game in Southeast Asia
Nepal Hit by Devastating 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake: At Least 1,450 People Killed
Uzbekistan Could Seek Foreign Assistance Against Islamic State
Is the BBC anti-Japan and marginalizing this nation?
Indonesia must do more to Protect Nationals from Mistreatment in Saudi Arabia
Japan must consider Regional Bank with China like South Korea irrespective of US pressure
China’s Sea Boundary Claims are Assisting America: South China Sea and Asia Pacific
Women, Violence and Conflict in Pakistan
What’s in a Story?: Chinese Narratives on Territorial Conflict in the Pacific
Islamists in Bangladesh are Killing Free Thinkers in New Tyrannical Wave
Iran Should Utilize the Nuclear Issue for the Shia Houthis and Syria: US and Gulf States
Marginalization of Tajikistan’s Political Opposition Could Threaten Security
The New Silk Road and Latin America: Will They Ever Meet?
Woman with Mental Health Problems Lynched in Afghanistan for Burning the Koran
Turkmenistan and the Geopolitical Tightrope between Russia/Iran and NATO/EU Powers
China’s Tacit Approval of Moscow’s Ukraine Policy
Former Leader of Japan visits Crimea: Japan and Russian Federation Relations
U.S. Suggestion For Japanese Patrols in South China Sea Prompts ADIZ Threat
Attackers Kill American Writer at Bangladesh Book Fair
Without Lips Teeth Feel the Cold? Chinese Support for Russia in the Ukraine Crisis
China-Iran Military Relations at a Crossroads
Shia Slaughtered in Pakistan: Takfiri Islamist Kills Many in Shia Mosque Attack
Destabilization of Afghanistan, Bosnia, Libya, Iraq and Syria: Terrorist Networks and Tripartite of Forces
Amid US Retreat From Region, Mongolia Seeks Closer Ties to China and Russia
Uzbekistan’s Unrealized Potential in Cross-Border Trade
Bunjinga and Japanese Art: Cultural Influence of China and Korea in the Edo Period
Tensho Shubun and Impact of China: Zen Buddhist Priest in 15th Century Japan
Iran should focus on Shia Day and not Jerusalem Day: Takfiris, Sponsored Sectarianism and Killing the Shia
A Coup Ordained? Thailand’s Prospects for Stability
Foreign Policy of Japan: No Warrior Benkei in Sight therefore China and Russia are Essential
The Maldives and Syria Connection: Jihad in Paradise?
Josetsu and Art: Relations between China and Japan are based on “Catching a Catfish with a Gourd”
Bangladesh Terror in West Bengal: Political Opportunism?
Tentative Steps in the Pipeline between China and Japan: Territorial Dispute, or not?
Pakistan’s Anti-India Spy Network Eyes Vital Defense Infrastructure from Sri Lanka
China’s Railway Diplomacy in the Balkans
PM Abe of Japan: US Realism and Political Confidence in Tokyo
Water Pressures in Central Asia
Taliban Devise New Strategy in Afghanistan: Territorial Control and War on Afghan Intelligence Headquarters
Art of Japan and Rich Influence of China: Tani Buncho
Shared Concerns Over Salafi Extremism Steer Iran and Tajikistan Into Security Agreement
Shia Persecution: Year After Year Shia Pilgrims are killed by Takfiri Islamists in Iraq
Siege of Mecca, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria: US and Gulf Destabilization Policies
Aggressive Propaganda Helps Islamic State Lure Followers Away From Al-Qaida
Syria and Support of Al-Qaeda and FSA by Gulf and Western Powers: Kashmir and Bosnia
Old Scores and New Grudges: Evolving Sino-Japanese Tensions
Art of Japan and Bunjinga (Nanga): Edo Period and Influence of China and Korea